Much enthusiasm will be curbed
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- November
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My friend, Cathy Lynn Grossman, the religion writer at USA TODAY, is off for a few weeks. So I’m part of a small group that will be contributing to her blog, Faith & Reason, while she’s taking a breather.
I wrote up my first offering today, about a (typically) offensive storyline on HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm” last week.
It has to do with Jesus…and urine. And the very idea of the show will offend many who did not see it.
In fact, people who do not watch Curb will likely be far more offended than those who understand that Larry David goes after anyone and anything on his show, which is basically an R-rated, meaner Seinfeld.
Make that much meaner. Especially this season.
I think the show very much misses the regular presence of Cheryl Hines, who played Larry’s (now ex-) wife. She humanized David’s character, sort of.
(AP Photo/HBO, Doug Hyun)
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The world of religion, we don't have to tell you, is vast. The purpose of this blog is for Stern to note, flag and comment on some of the more interesting religious developments on the scene – weighty and quirky, somber and laughable, far away and just down the road. He won't interpret Scripture, take sides in conflicts or judge anyone. But he will take advantage of the journalist's license to observe.
I don’t watch the show often; reminds me too much of ex-relatives! But I wish you had shared with us what the reference was; much easier to get offended when one has plenty of ammunition! I do believe everything is fair game on that show, and I wonder just how offended the very earthy, very human Jesus would be – I am sure he heard a bawdy joke or two in his day. Jesus (and his reputation) can take care of themselves – I am much more concerned that we be about the work he called us to – peace and reconciliation and telling the world of the freedom that faith brings us.